Hey, welcome back to the BarnYard! An acre of land tucked away in the middle of Hollywood, where bulldogs roam free & imaginations come to life through the magic of special effects. We’ve created this blog so we can share our day-to-day creative chaos with you in a more real-time situation that our usual BTS video sites. But in typical BarnYard fashion, we will still be trying to load you up with as much “how to” information so you can make what ever we make at home.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

My New Show on Geek & Sundry

In the past, Felicia Day has tasked me with some great geeky challenges, like creating The Guild weapons for the "Do You Want to Date My Avatar?" music video:

Even last week, Geek & Sundry challenged me to
create the ultimate Halloween Jack o' lantern, so I made a radio
controlled R2D2 out of a pumpkin!

But now, YOU are in control of my greatest geeky creations! Thanks to Geek & Sundry, I am working on a new show where I will create geeky crafts based on your suggestions! We are getting ready to film, so I need your help! Either in the comments below, or on Twitter with the hashtag #GeekCraftLab, let me know your suggestions for:

(A) Topics: Your favorite geeky things! It could be as specific as a character, prop, location, vehicle, robot, or animal, or as general as the title of a movie, comic, show, or book! Anything you would want to see me build from all of geek lore!

(B) Mediums: You have all seen me use clay, plastics, and resins before. This is where the challenge comes in! Name the craziest material you can think of, and dare me to build something out of it. It can be ANYTHING! I won't even give any suggestions. I want your imaginations to run wild!

Here's the catch: All of your suggestions will be mixed up and one from each category will be randomly chosen. Whatever that combo is will be what I have to build!

So hit me with as many suggestions as you want! Give me your coolest geeky topic, and your zaniest medium! I can't wait to start building! Hopefully I won't be making a Tardis out of porkchops... Although.... #GeekCraftLab

Greg's Bio

Over the past two decades, Greg Aronowitz has honed his skills as a special effects artist and design specialist by contributing to over two hundred films and television projects. His visual sense and wide-ranging abilities have been called upon by every major studio, and have made him a valuable commodity in the independent circuit. Greg has collected a large library of techniques to suit any size schedule or budget, having worked in every arena from Steven Spielberg to Roger Corman. His ability to deliver a rich visual style for an achievable budget keeps him in constant demand. Most recent film credits include Memoirs of a Geisha, Disney’s Haunted Mansion, Scooby Doo 2, Minority Report, A.I., Castaway, Saving Private Ryan, The X-Files, and Contact. Even on the largest of productions, Greg is often found wearing multiple hats; he has held almost every position on a film crew: From script supervisor to production designer, boom operator to sound design, gaffer to director of photography, producer to director.